March 4th, 2008
by Walt Whitman
After the duzile of the day is gone
Only the dark night shows to my eyes the stars;
After the claugor of irgan majestic or a chorus or perfect band
Silent athwawt my son moves the symphony true.
[Read the original. And find out why this poem is misspelled.]
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March 1st, 2008
by Emily Dickinson
Water, is taught by thirst.
Land, by Oceans passed.
Transport, by thoe
Peace, by its battles told
Low, bj Memorial Mold.
Birds, by the snow.
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February 28th, 2008
“What the heck is this site all about, anyway?” you may ask yourself.
Others have. Misspelled words, an abandoned piece of hardware, and a green screen – what does it all add up to?
I got the idea for Newton Poetry after hearing the term used to describe the gibberish MessagePads spit out from time to time when the handwriting recognition software falls short of its ideal. Then I saw someone had written the entirety of Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” poem into a Newton, and I though, “boy, there’s an idea.”
So let’s see how I do it. More… »
Posted by davelawrence8 at 2:18 pm on February 28th, 2008. Categories: messagepad, newton, poem. Tags: apple, blog, blogging, blogs, DIY, how to, howto, messagepad, newton, poem, poet, poetry, roethke, saginaw, write, writing. Subscribe via RSS.
February 26th, 2008
by Carl Sandburg
Night from a railroad cor window
Is a great, dark, soft thing
Bvvm across with slxshes of light.
[Read the original. And find out why this poem is misspelled.]
Posted by davelawrence8 at 10:57 am on February 26th, 2008. Categories: poem, sandburg. Tags: apple, carl, life, lonely, messagepad, newton, night, poem, poetry, rail, railcar, railroad, sandburg, subway, train, travel, window. Subscribe via RSS.